The Chestnut Boys

The Lost Fairy

"The Lost Fairy" is a free fairy tale by Abbie Phillips Walker in which a fairy secretly abandons her Queen and sisters to marry a handsome peasant she discovers sleeping in the moonlight. Transformed into a mortal girl by a witch, she hides the enchanted shoes that could betray her — a fateful mistake. When the Fairy Queen's search reaches the mountaintop cottage, the fairy-girl must race against time to reclaim the shoes and reach the witch before a single tap of the royal wand seals her fate forever. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep is a short story by Hans Christian Andersen about two delicate porcelain figurines who share a quiet love on a parlour table — until a grotesque carved suitor and a nodding Chinese mandarin threaten to tear them apart. When the shepherdess is promised to the hideous field-marshal-major-general-corporal-sergeant, she and her chimney sweep flee through darkness and soot toward the vast, starlit world above the rooftops — only to discover that freedom is far more frightening than they imagined. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

An April Rain Song

"An April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes transforms an ordinary rainstorm into a tender, sensory experience. The speaker invites the rain to kiss you, beat upon your head with silver drops, and sing a lullaby with its soft pitty-pat rhythm. Still pools on the sidewalk and running streams in the gutter become small wonders, while rain on the rooftop plays a quiet sleep tune into the night. The poem closes with a simple, warm declaration of love for the rain itself. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Prince Sneeze

Prince Sneeze is a fairy tale about young Prince Rolandor, whose christening feast takes a disastrous turn when the offended fairy Malvolia casts a curse — but her final words are snatched away by the wind before anyone can hear them. Every sneeze the prince lets out causes chaos in the kingdom, so he is sent to grow up alone in a mountain tower. As his twenty-first birthday nears, his faithful poodle Poldo sets off on a long journey to find the missing words, and what he discovers reshapes the prince's entire future. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer follows a fearless young boy who earns his legendary name by outsmarting monstrous giants across England and France. From trapping the thieving giant of Mont-Saint-Michel in a hidden pit to lassoing two giants with rope outside a stolen castle, Jack relies on wit as much as courage. When he joins the son of King Arthur on a quest to rescue a lady held under an evil wizard's spell, he gains magical gifts — an invisibility coat, an all-knowing hat, and a sword that cuts through anything — and faces his greatest challenge yet. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-0-6-years--6559507/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].